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South Carolina 2000 vs 2008: county swing

13 of 46 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 5 changed hands.

Allendale County: swing D+10.8Bamberg County: swing D+5.8Clarendon County: swing D+5.1Fairfield County: swing D+4.8Hampton County: swing R+1.6Jasper County: swing D+3.8Orangeburg County: swing D+16.3Saluda County: swing R+1.1Darlington County: swing D+4.5Dorchester County: swing D+9.9Edgefield County: swing R+1.7Kershaw County: swing D+4.1Lee County: swing D+13.1McCormick County: swing D+0.8Newberry County: swing D+7.2Oconee County: swing R+4.4Richland County: swing D+17.8Spartanburg County: swing D+5.4Sumter County: swing D+20.5Williamsburg County: swing D+18.8Abbeville County: swing R+7.0Aiken County: swing D+9.1Anderson County: swing R+4.7Calhoun County: swing D+5.9Chester County: swing D+5.9Chesterfield County: swing R+1.8Cherokee County: swing R+6.3Dillon County: swing D+0.8Greenville County: swing D+11.1Greenwood County: swing D+3.8Horry County: swing R+9.0Laurens County: swing D+2.4Marlboro County: swing R+4.2Union County: swing R+0.7Colleton County: swing D+2.8Florence County: swing D+12.5Georgetown County: swing D+0.2Barnwell County: swing D+12.0Beaufort County: swing D+7.5Charleston County: swing D+16.1Lancaster County: swing R+0.8York County: swing D+9.0Lexington County: swing D+4.4Marion County: swing D+5.6Pickens County: swing R+0.6Berkeley County: swing D+3.2
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Horry County R+15.6 R+24.6 R+9.0 71,265 104,798
Abbeville County R+8.1 R+15.1 R+7.0 8,374 11,001
Cherokee County R+23.1 R+29.4 R+6.3 16,323 20,766
Anderson County R+28.6 R+33.3 R+4.7 56,681 73,787
Oconee County R+33.1 R+37.5 R+4.4 23,575 31,132
Marlboro County D+30.0 D+25.8 R+4.2 7,883 10,876
Chesterfield County R+1.2 R+3.0 R+1.8 12,526 16,359
Edgefield County R+9.2 R+10.9 R+1.7 8,834 11,520
Hampton County D+27.0 D+25.4 R+1.6 7,759 9,350
Saluda County R+20.6 R+21.7 R+1.1 6,891 8,603
Lancaster County R+14.0 R+14.8 R+0.8 20,705 28,921
Union County R+10.5 R+11.2 R+0.7 10,589 13,551
Pickens County R+45.6 R+46.2 R+0.6 34,582 45,128
Georgetown County R+5.4 R+5.2 D+0.2 20,351 30,290
Dillon County D+10.6 D+11.4 D+0.8 8,990 13,417
McCormick County D+5.3 D+6.1 D+0.8 3,661 5,232
Laurens County R+20.5 R+18.1 D+2.4 20,410 26,282
Colleton County flipped R+2.3 D+0.5 D+2.8 13,390 17,321
Berkeley County R+16.3 R+13.1 D+3.2 43,316 64,781
Greenwood County R+19.5 R+15.7 D+3.8 20,860 29,667
Jasper County D+19.1 D+22.9 D+3.8 6,469 8,854
Kershaw County R+22.8 R+18.7 D+4.1 19,677 27,985
Lexington County R+42.4 R+38.0 D+4.4 83,081 109,512
Darlington County R+4.7 R+0.2 D+4.5 21,863 29,334
Fairfield County D+26.8 D+31.6 D+4.8 8,398 11,619
Clarendon County D+7.2 D+12.3 D+5.1 11,290 15,552
Spartanburg County R+27.0 R+21.6 D+5.4 83,553 108,328
Marion County D+22.0 D+27.6 D+5.6 12,149 15,174
Bamberg County D+25.3 D+31.1 D+5.8 5,551 6,814
Calhoun County flipped R+2.4 D+3.5 D+5.9 6,373 7,738
Chester County D+2.4 D+8.3 D+5.9 10,432 13,981
Newberry County R+24.8 R+17.6 D+7.2 12,372 16,524
Beaufort County R+18.3 R+10.8 D+7.5 44,148 68,870
York County R+26.7 R+17.7 D+9.0 54,351 93,696
Aiken County R+33.1 R+24.0 D+9.1 50,782 69,770
Dorchester County R+25.4 R+15.5 D+9.9 33,641 52,405
Allendale County D+41.0 D+51.8 D+10.8 3,340 4,024
Greenville County R+34.9 R+23.8 D+11.1 140,293 190,657
Barnwell County flipped R+10.4 D+1.6 D+12.0 8,276 9,798
Florence County R+15.7 R+3.2 D+12.5 41,437 58,373
Lee County D+18.4 D+31.5 D+13.1 6,642 9,153
Charleston County flipped R+7.8 D+8.3 D+16.1 111,476 154,434
Orangeburg County D+21.8 D+38.1 D+16.3 32,734 39,754
Richland County D+11.1 D+28.9 D+17.8 116,481 165,037
Williamsburg County D+19.4 D+38.2 D+18.8 11,331 16,443
Sumter County flipped R+5.1 D+15.4 D+20.5 30,672 44,358

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data